IMO if you knew you are not supposed to smone marijuana and you knowingly broke the law; then you are not ready to serve in the military. Also, since your misconduct is recent, your chances are null at this time.

I agree with cityslicker, it was recent which is bad in my book. I understand people make mistakes, especially when it comes to marijuana (I don't blame people who want to try it once) but I am not the law. Then again, even in the eyes of the military, people make mistakes and can get better.

yeah brother...stay clear of the dope and to help yourself, stay clear of the people that smoke dope. You are who you associate yourself with. You hang out with pot heads...your going to smoke pot. Its just the nature of the beast...are you serious about joining the military? awesome...but no matter what you choose, dope doesn't have a place in any future

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Wow so many quick to judge. It happened in 2007 and I haven't done it since so I do believe I am READY to serve. I just found out it was a university citation. So it's just between me and the university.

Wow so many quick to judge. It happened in 2007 and I haven't done it since so I do believe I am READY to serve. I just found out it was a university citation. So it's just between me and the university.

Do I even need a moral waiver for admitting to smoking it once?

To be fair, your first post could lead practically anyone to believe it was very recent.

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The short answer is this... You need to get in contact with a professional recuiter who is local to you for the answers to your questions about moral waivers and past issue with smoking pot.

The current ARNG is more competitive to get into than 5 or 10 years ago, so the people who get cut are normally from the list of potential recruits are those who have serious infractions, and then move from there. Actually, if a recruiter from Colorado will work with you and prepare a packet, and Colorado will process it - any need for a waiver will be shot to NGB for approval or dissaproval - meaning the state is not the final approval authority.

When you work to enlist, a full background and police records check is conducted in every location that you have lived or worked. So thinking that something from (I am assuming public) college/university is just between you and them, may not be a correct assumption for you to make. Be starightforward and truthful when talking with a recruiter, you may find that you will or will not need "special" handling...

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i dont know how to make a post so im just going to do this here, ok so i messed up and failed my ua at meps it came back positive for marijuana (and like i said i know i messed up it was my first time smoking please im not here to be judged i do that enough to myself) and i got letter in the mail from the dod that said this word for word "In accordance with the Department of Defense policies, beacause of your history of positive drug test reasults,you have been found disqualified for 45 days after which time, at the Service's discretion, you may be given the opportunity to resume processing." i told my recuiter this and he said that i was permently dq, even tho i havent been in trouble for anything before this, nothing at all on my record. what id like to know is if there's anything i could do to retake this test? like i said that was my fist time smoking and also my last. i live in washington state, its been my dream since i was a kid to serve my country nothing else in this world that i would rather do. so any advice would be helpful thank you

Ultimately, you're going to need to talk to a recruiter. Last I checked, a fail at urinalysis can bar for much longer than 45 days, and I know Washington State is over-strength, so your likelyhood of getting in at or after 45 days is fairly low.

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I failed my ua test also at meps, i smoked 3 weeks before at this party i thought that would be long enough for the weed to get out my system but no. I made a stupid mistake and I beat myself up about it. After mt 45 days of dq are up what do i do next. I have my acus that was given to me at rsp my shipdate was sept 5. it was my first time smoking pot i feel so stupid. im clean as a whistle now. no weed for me ever. I want to serve my country so bad.

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i dont know how to make a post so im just going to do this here, ok so i messed up and failed my ua at meps it came back positive for marijuana (and like i said i know i messed up it was my first time smoking please im not here to be judged i do that enough to myself) and i got letter in the mail from the dod that said this word for word "In accordance with the Department of Defense policies, beacause of your history of positive drug test reasults,you have been found disqualified for 45 days after which time, at the Service's discretion, you may be given the opportunity to resume processing." i told my recuiter this and he said that i was permently dq, even tho i havent been in trouble for anything before this, nothing at all on my record. what id like to know is if there's anything i could do to retake this test? like i said that was my fist time smoking and also my last. i live in washington state, its been my dream since i was a kid to serve my country nothing else in this world that i would rather do. so any advice would be helpful thank you

I failed my ua test also at meps, i smoked 3 weeks before at this party i thought that would be long enough for the weed to get out my system but no. I made a stupid mistake and I beat myself up about it. After mt 45 days of dq are up what do i do next. I have my acus that was given to me at rsp my shipdate was sept 5. it was my first time smoking pot i feel so stupid. im clean as a whistle now. no weed for me ever. I want to serve my country so bad.

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